Our next webinar in the series, on Thursday 14 October 2021, is focused on Trade Secrets. Our panel of legal and cyber security experts will take you through the trade secrets landscape, covering: what trade secrets are and why they matter; how to identify and protect trade secrets that are important to your business; The […]

We know that increasing numbers of losses across a broad range of business sectors are arising from supply chain issues, predominantly caused by Brexit and COVID-19. The Supply Chain In the context of an ever-growing global trade market, the collective consequences of Brexit and COVID-19 have given rise to significant financial exposures resulting from broken […]

Over a three week period in 2020, the ASA conducted an investigation which looked at whether age restricted ads were being targeted away from children. The focus of the investigation was to assess the distribution of ads for alcohol, gambling and high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) products on websites and YouTube channels where adults comprise over 75% of […]

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s finding of infringement on the basis of indirect confusion in respect of the EAGLE RARE trade mark by the use of the sign ‘American Eagle’. The ruling highlights the different nature of direct confusion and indirect confusion: whilst there was little likelihood that consumers would mistake ‘American Eagle’ […]

The Court of Appeal has given its judgment in Sky v SkyKick, a case widely recognised as one of the most important IP cases in recent years, and which has involved consideration of a range of issues relating to the scope of protection of registered trade marks. Stating that he was in ‘no doubt’ that Sky’s […]